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AT&T's new Hi-Def Homezone box {Engadget HD}
May 23rd 2006 12:44PM Buzzcut - I think the idea is that if you do want to run a 2nd TV from this box, THEN you connect that coax "TV2" jack to your home's existing coax wiring via the nearest jack. Then this box will provide a signal to any (every) other TV in your house, though presumably all those "secondary" TVs will share a single tuner.
It's a pretty cool way to get a 2nd TV running off this box with no extra wiring, assuming you have some coax in the walls already.
But yes, there are a lot of cable to connect to this box - potentially 2x satellite coax, 2x terrestrial antenna coax, another coax if you want 2nd room viewing, ethernet (but looks like you can use wifi instead), phone line (probably optional if you want satellite-based PPV ordering? maybe for caller ID?), then your AV cables. Not much different in terms of hookup than my HD-Tivo, but gives me a second viewing room.
AT&T's Homezone caught! {Engadget}
May 23rd 2006 12:15PM Wow. I actually like that remote control. If the UI on this box is good, I'm a potential buyer.
AT&T seems to get the fact that there's no good reason to try to use flaky IPTV software just to put the linear broadcast channels into a box. (How many years have we hard that it's "almost there"... especially with trying to do good Hidef over IP - good luck!) Use existing broadcast to get those channels there, and integrate it with good interactive service and VOD coming in from broadband. To consumer, it will be transparent if done right.
